Agh...For some reason I had the crazy idea of upgrading to
2.4.0-test8 from 2.2.17. I compiled it and booted fine --
compiled NVidia drivers fine. Started X and crashed. Tried
again and crashed. Then I recompiled kernel without USB
(thinking it was USB fault) and after I restart "kernel
panic: cannot mount root fs"

So, I calmly thought to make Debian rescue disk and fsck -b
8193. No effect. Bad magic number. I spent about 20 mins
ripping my hair out in #debian until a really helpful person
by the name of fooz helped me out. fsck -b 32768 worked
heh...I was so scared...I thought my sys was fsck'd (no pun
intended =) .) Anyway, running off the 2.2.17 kernel fine.
I think it is a problem with NVidia drivers -- I better wait
for an update and possibly email the NVidia guys about
this. Just thought I should post this as it is galileo's
first major problem heh...oh well...it's 1am and working on
homework...gahr...i wasted an hour fixing this...